770 BC ± 30

Description

Homer, the Greek poet, completes Iliad, the book containing episodes and events from the Trojan War, which probably becomes the oldest book in western literature

Location

Ancient Greece

Rate

Very important (8)

Sphere

Literature

Quotations

[480] So the wind filled the belly of the sail, and the dark wave sang loudly about the stem of the ship, as she went, and she sped over the wave, accomplishing her way. But when they came to the wide camp of the Achaeans, they drew the black ship up on the shore, [485] high upon the sands, and set in line the long props beneath, and themselves scattered among the tents and ships. But he in his wrath sat beside his swift-faring ships, the Zeus-sprung son of Peleus, swift-footed Achilles.